#BADCC2

sRGB: 186 / 220 / 194

Ancient mountains flourish beyond boundaries
Electric visions thunder through timeless canyons
Boundless spirits disappear into mist

#BADCC2 belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 186 red, 220 green and 194 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 134.1° lands in the green region. Its 32.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.10:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 186, 220, 194
HSL: 134.12°, 32.69%, 79.61%
HSV / HSB: 134.12°, 15.45%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 15.45%, 0.00%, 11.82%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.578, 65.520, 60.759
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.751, -16.158, 9.063
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65521
24-bit decimal: 12246210

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BADCC2 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 14.10:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.49:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DCBAD4 sits half a turn (180°) from #BADCC2 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BADCC2 #DCBAD4

Analogous

#C3DCBA and #BADCD3 sit 30° to either side of #BADCC2. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C3DCBA #BADCC2 #BADCD3

Triadic

#BADCC2, #C2BADC and #DCC2BA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BADCC2 #C2BADC #DCC2BA

Split complementary

Start at #BADCC2 and look across the wheel. #D3BADC and #DCBAC3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BADCC2 #D3BADC #DCBAC3

Square

Starting with #BADCC2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BAC3DC, #DCBAD4, then #DCD3BA. Across the square, #BADCC2 pairs with #DCBAD4, and #BAC3DC with #DCD3BA.

#BADCC2 #BAC3DC #DCBAD4 #DCD3BA

Tetradic

#BADCC2 and #DCBAD4 are opposites, as are #BAD4DC and #DCC2BA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BADCC2 #BAD4DC #DCBAD4 #DCC2BA

Tints

Mixing #BADCC2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8E3CE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F8F3, the mixture is 80% white.

#BADCC2 #C8E3CE #D6EADA #E3F1E7 #F1F8F3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BADCC2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #95B09B, keeps 80% of the original. By #252C27, the mixture is 80% black.

#BADCC2 #95B09B #708474 #4A584E #252C27 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BADCC2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AECAB5, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C928D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BADCC2 #AECAB5 #A3B7A8 #97A59A #8C928D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BADCC2

RGB

rgb(186 220 194)

HSL

hsl(134.118 32.692% 79.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BADCC2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BADCC2 uses 186 red, 220 green and 194 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 72.9%

Green 86.3%

Blue 76.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BADCC2 is 15.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 11.8% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 15.5%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 11.8%

Black 13.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBDDBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BDB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BADCC2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBDDBB Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BADCC2 #C0D6C5 #C5D1C8 #CBCBCB #D1C5CE #D6C0D1 #DCBAD4

Color vision previews

Compare how #BADCC2 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#DCD6C1

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D6D2C3

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B6DBD4

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D1D8C2

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CED5C3

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BBDBC9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D4D4D4

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C7D8CB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.49102 G 0.71569 B 0.53948

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.75536 G 0.85875 B 0.76825

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.53091 G 0.70824 B 0.55141

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.306 y 0.360 Y 65.520

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 27.059 M % 13.725 Y % 23.922

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111010 11011100 11000010